Association Between Physician Burnout and Identification With Medicine as a Calling

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 415-422

  Jager, Andrew J ^a   Tutty, Michael A ^a   Kao, Audiey C ^a  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICINE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN; SYMPTOM; THINKING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85011841921     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.11.012     Document Type: Article

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